It was a beautiful Sunday evening when I went to Bristol to meet Holly – the reader who asked me out using Weekend's letters page – so we sat outside a pub overlooking the Avon Gorge and, as promised, swapped stories of our dating exploits.I assumed I'd have the conversation all sewn up, but I was wrong. Very wrong. Holly estimates that she has been on 40 dates this year. I thought I was doing pretty well with 18 (which includes seven speed-dates), but apparently I'm still something of an amateur.Though our combined 58 dates gave us plenty to talk about, that was as far as things went. Holly was utterly charming and the fact that she was 10 years older raised no issues, but we missed that crucial click. So instead, she divulged her dating secret: Guardian Soulmates.I've always stuck to the adage that you shouldn't shit where you eat, so I've avoided Soulmates so far, but if it's proved this fruitful for Holly, maybe I should reconsider.That said, there are plenty of other dating sites I could try. A friend recently told me about doingsomething.co.uk – a new ­London-based matchmaking site that features the Wheel Of Date. You sign up, spin the wheel and it decides your date activity, which you are duty-bound to attend. It's a risky, but somewhat fitting, concept.